Istanbul Cup WTA results

Following are the results Tuesday from the Istanbul Cup at Koza World of Sport Complex (prefix number denotes seedings):

Women's singles

First round

Kateryna Bondarenko, Ukraine, bt 1-Venus Williams, United States, 6-4, 7-6 (4).

Urszula Radwanska, Poland, bt 3-Jelena Jankovic, Serbia, 6-4, 3-6, 6-2. 4-Alize Cornet, France, bt Yanina Wickmayer, Belgium, 6-3, 7-5.

5-Camila Giorgi, Italy, bt Dominika Cibulkova, Slovakia, 7-5, 5-7, 7-6 (4).

8-Tsvetana Pironkova, Bulgaria, bt Margarita Gasparyan, Russia, 0-6, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (3).

Alexandra Panova, Russia, bt Elizaveta Kulichkova, Russia, 6-4, 2-6, 6-1.

Kirsten Flipkens, Belgium, bt Jelena Ostapenko, Latvia, 6-2, 6-0.

Ipek Soylu, Turkey, bt Anna Tatishvili, United States, 5-7, 7-5, 2-0, retired.

Daniela Hantuchova, Slovakia, bt Cagla Buyukakcay, Turkey, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2.

Kurumi Nara, Japan, bt Vitalia Diatchenko, Russia, 6-4, 7-6 (7).

Francesca Schiavone, Italy, bt Sesil Karatantcheva, Bulgaria, 6-0, 6-1.<</p>

Women's doubles

Anett Kontaveit, Estonia/Elizaveta Kulichkova, Russia, bt Yang Zhaoxuan/Lin Zhu, China, 6-4, 6-4.

Ayla Aksu/Melis Sezer, Turkey, bt Misa Eguchi, Japan/Justyna Jegiolka, Poland, 6-4, 6-1. Endi